Ghana?s Return Leg Against Egypt Must Be Away From Cairo

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Daniel Opare wants Egypt tie moved from Cairo

Daniel Opare wants Egypt tie moved from Cairo

Ghana defender Daniel Opare wants the World Cup return leg against Egypt moved from troubled Cairo.

The Ghana FA has petitioned FIFA to move the game from Cairo due to the unstable social and political unrest in the North African country.

There are major security concerns among Ghanaians with fears the safety of their players and travelling supporters? cannot be guaranteed.

But the Egyptian FA has said that their Ghanaian counterparts have blown the issue out of propotion insisting the venue will be safe to host the return leg.

The Standard Liege right-back has urged the world governing body to consider shifting the return leg from the match venue to safeguard lives and property.

?It will be proper to move the game away from Cairo. We all know what is happening there at the moment.?

?Everybody is afraid for his life. Who is not afraid? So they must look at it so nothing untoward happens.

?We?re focused on the game and will leave the rest to the authorities to deal with it.

?But we can also express our opinion on what we think is the right thing to do.?

FIFA has ruled that Egypt FA address the security concerns in Cairo latest October 28 or they will move the second leg clash  scheduled for November 19, to a neutral ground.

Ghana FA had drawn FIFA?s attention to the violence in Cairo and other parts of the North African country, fearing for the lives of Ghanaian officials and footballers.

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